NEW SCAM ON OUR CRUISE! (Would you fall for it?)
We talk through a NEW SCAM affecting cruisers onboard their caribbean cruises and how some end up losing money. Number one way to save money is not getting scammed by trying to save money or purchase products from untrusted sources. Are cruise passengers easy targets as travelers? Should you take the word of fellow cruisers onboard cruise ships? Should you experience the local customs and culture while in another country as a tourist? What do you do when you don’t know the language when traveling to another country? Is international travel safe? This is the latest cruise news in tandem across the cruise industry where all cruise lines are making cruise cutbacks for cruise passengers onboard cruise ships during 2024 and we were surprised by what new scam is affecting cruisers while onboard our Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship! What do cruise ships do with passengers who are not aware of their surroundings while at sea? How do Cruise Ship Crew handle these naive cruise passengers? Are cruise ship passengers okay with cruise lines going to unique cruise ports and experiencing local cultures? We talk through verified experiences of Cruise Passengers getting scammed and this could happen to you while preparing for your cruise or onboard all Cruise Ships including the worlds largest cruise ship Icon of the Seas or soon to be Star of the Seas 2025, and even the worlds smallest cruise ships. This could happen onboard many cruise ships whether on the Worlds Biggest Cruise Ship Class; or, the Smallest Cruise Ship Class and every Cruise Ship in between. What are your thoughts in our inside cruise chat on the new scam affecting cruise passengers on their Caribbean Cruise Ships 2024?
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As a legitimate cancer survivor (8 years!) it infuriates me when people use cancer to scam money from people. It's just an evil thing to do.
We absolutely agree. It’s so evil.
I am 73 years old . at the age of 72 I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer..I had multiple procedures and surgeries.. my port a Cath became infected and caused sepsis.. in the end I required a bilateral mastectomy to save my life.. it really upsets me when someone lies about it.. cancer stinks ..Chemo stinks
Moderators should delete all posts that try to sell something. When I moderated a group, it was a rule: no soliciting. So when a post popped up, I deleted it. Also, if I see a post that is soliciting, I report it to the moderators. Nobody needs to sell anything on a FB group. Thanks for the alert!
OR Just do not buy things from people in social media. 9 times out of 10 it is a scam. Save your money do not fall for lies.
Very informative and needed, thank you Jordan😊🙏🏾
Thank you for the heads up
Thanks for this information... sad but needed.
I see this every single day because I belong to the FB groups for all my cruises - I have 8 coming up right now. The most common one is, "Can't make it - selling ducks. PM me." Next is, "I'm going to have to fly in - selling tumblers." And the next one is selling t-shirts. One scam has someone saying their kid is autistic and the shirts are to raise money for them. In most cases they turn off commenting so nobody can say "this is a scam - do not DM them." It is SO annoying and frustrating. I report them every time and the good admins remove them right away. Unfortunately, they even get in past the filters you have to answer to get into some groups. Every time I see it my heart sinks, especially when I see how many people saw it and liked it, having no idea how many people actually DM'd them.
Thank you for the warning!
Thanks guys. Always helpful
thanks for the tip
Thank you for sharing this information with everyone
Such good advice!!! Thank you. Love you guys
Great advice. Thank you.
I’m always reporting the T-Shirt scam to the admins. Last time I did, just before the post and “ person” was deleted from the group - the scammer actually threatened me. Told me they would sue me if I continued to say bad things. What a joke. Glad I got a rise out of them!!
It surprises me anyone falls for those tshirt and cup ads in the cruise groups!
I have personally only seen this from people I know, and they always said you could pay them cash in person. I would never send money online to someone I didn't know. Good of you to share this with everyone, since everyone is not so savvy!
Cash is the way to go! There are so many scams involving people sending money online that you just can’t trust that in any form in 2024!
I avoid Factbook. End.
OMG, I had SO much fun with a scammer for my current cruise. (And it was sweet that someone in the FB cruise group tried to warn me!) I figure any time I divert them and have them answering my questions, they're not bothering anyone else. 🤷♀️
What an excellent video. Very informative.
I recently set up a sail group for a cruise we’re in next year, and I added very specific rules that nobody is to try and sell anything. Zero tolerance, I’ll be removing anyone who gets through (and I set some trip specific questions to get in in the first place). Some groups are riddled with fake tshirt tales because the admins got bored and walked away. Funny how travel agents see my rules and then decide not to sign up afterall ha.
JJ Cruise. This was a very timely and informative post. I was a very naive cruiser and was recently scammed out of $70 dollars buying some tumblers that were advertised on my cruise face book page. It was a lesson for me and one I won’t make again. At 72 years old I used to be a trusting person but sadly these days I no longer am.
As an admin on a public group with 41K members it is imperitive that people report stuff that needs to be taken down. There are only 2 of us and we could never keep up with our loyal "family" members letting us know about things they see. We have gotten everything from R rated pictures to people selling stuff or bulling other people. It is sad that adults can't act like an adult.
The work of an admin is such hard work. Thank you for everything you do and you are correct- it takes a village!
Scammers make me so mad!!!
Us too!
First of all, thank you for letting me know about the groups on FB for an upcoming cruise. I joined one for a cruise I’m doing in May. Looking forward to see what everyone says. But believe me, I won’t be buying anything from anyone on the page. As always, great video and information from you. ❤
First of all, nobody's allowed to bring commercial merchandise or make sales on board. Even if someone's legit, they may have their stuff confiscated and or get kicked off the ship.
Wise words Jordan. You have to be very alert sadly enough 😢. I never give money / pay until i see the product in question in my hand .Had quite a few Friends that have been scammed , buying items on Fb or holiday resorts .
Oh man, I did buy a couple of t-shirts through a Facebook group and never once thought of being scammed. I’m proud to say it wasn’t a scam and the group I joined was great. We did magnet and recipe exchange too. We had a meet up and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to see them around the ship and say hi. Too bad some people just like to ruin things for others.
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Thank you for the information. This is unfair for those who are legit. Scammers are horrible.
Thank you JJ cruise you guys rock ⚓️⚓️🎩🎩🛳🛳🚢
Thank you very much Bruce!
I was seeing this shot glass one all the time on our FB group. Was not something we’d ever do but didn’t realise it was a scam! Thank you.
Thanks much for this. I've seen several posts like that in the group pages of my upcoming sailings. DUCKS are a big thing for sale. If allowed on those pages I will be sharing this video. 😄
Thank you so much for sharing! We hate that this is happening to innocent cruisers 😢
Good info. How about a video on the status of your move to the ship. It would be nice to see all the things you have to do to live on a ship.
Great topic, people need to always be aware and be careful that the vacation brain fog isn't too thick
I literally just saw someone on the fb group for my upcoming cruise advertising the refillable cups like Royal gives for their soda package. I thought, who would do this and travel with a huge bag of cups lol. Thanks for sharing!!
the big news is that people still use Facebook
This comment made us LOL. 🤣
stop! Can't help I love fb. What's your alternative?
Facebook is for people that have too much time on their hands and like drama
Facebook??? Hell no.
😂 guilty!
Good information. I never thought about that being a scam but it makes sense that people would try and use groups like this for scamming people. So sad! I have bought shirts before way before Covid from facebook cruise groups that I belonged too. It was fun to all wear our shirts at meet ups, etc. I haven't done it since Covid but will definitely be more aware. Thank you!
It’s generally a group admin, though, doing cruise group shirts. Like the one I was in that had them, we voted on which design and there was a lot of commenting, etc. These posts are just random people and sometimes the group will have just been started yet the person into g they have received soooo many orders already. Ummm the group just started so how would you have tons of orders? I just report them to the group admins.
There is a difference - the scammers all have the same post. If it’s a real person, it’s usually an admin. Plus, there will be lots of interaction, etc. The scam posts have been pretty easy to spot. I report all of them.
Someone always wants to separate you from your money, I ignore all the adds on Facebook. I have known others to order stuff an it never arrived. Thanks for the warning.
Love it when I catch one of your videos! Do you remember me from our COVID cruise on the Disney Wonder? Loved it when I caught up with you at Bingo when one of you won! Take care! ❤
Yes! We absolutely remember you! Hope you are well!
I hate these scammers. I wish the group admins would ask more questions before allowing people into a group, especially if it's a private group. Some admins make groups public and allow anyone to join. I avoid those groups. We had a group for a cruise last year where we begged the admin to lock it down and use post approval but she refused, so a bunch of us left and started our own group.
I need to preface that I don't usually join FB groups, so that is why I wasn't aware of this scam before. I will definitely be vigilant. Thank you for sharing
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and we will always protect you Martine ❤️❤️
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and we will always protect you Martine ❤️❤️
Just this week, the admin for one of our upcoming cruises had to kick a member out of the group because they were trying to sell something. It may have been legit, but the admin was very quick to point out that it was against group rules. I enjoyed your video, so I'm a new subscriber now!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I saw last week where somebody posted that they were looking for someone going to the ABC Islands to pick up shot glasses for them from each port and the person would pay them for the glasses and shipping or meet them in Ft. Lauderdale, as they lived there, to pick up the shot glasses. Super sketchy.
This is so sad!
Thanks for the warning. Someone on my FOS weekend cruise Facebook Group for June weekend already tried the rubber duck scam. I warned everyone.
I was admin for our cruise group and I made sure posts had to be approved. Sales posts were never approved. Maybe I was mean. Lol
You seem like a great admin to us!
Nope gotta weed through the riff raff!
I wish the admin of my October 22 cruise had blocked all sales posts. I was scammed out of $70 by a post on our cruise page. You did your group a favor.
@carolnichols1900 I see things for sale in a lot of Facebook groups. It's almost always a scam. Sorry to hear about this. Totally sucks
Cozumel, if we had not booked our tour through the ship, we would have been left there!
Makes it bad for the people who actually do have a business etc. But at the same time, sellers, have a reputable site, i.e etsy, own website, etc and complete the transaction that way. As a small business owner, it is hard also to "take a persons word" especially if creating custom items that they will hold their end of the bargain and pay C.O.D.
Hey J. A Facebook group scam? Wow. I was on Oasis last August and joined the group sailing. There were posts about teeshirts, bar crawls, slot pulls etc; but I don’t know these random ppl. Now if on a group cruise such as MAS with Rich and Jasmine or you guys or Don that’s different. It’s unfortunate the amount of scamming and theft in general in this world 🤷🏻♀️🤦♀️. Thanks for sharing.
It's not just cruising. Trolls attach Facebook groups from "community yard sales" to "school chocolate sales". I use to sell items in a community group until the harassment was too much. Facelessness turns people into fools. BEWARE
This is a tough one as I have purchased tshirts and mugs in the Facebook group we’re in and received all items as advertised without any problems. The scams are unfortunate and really take away from the experience. I’m now hesitant to make future purchases from other groups as we were probably lucky this time around. Thanks again for this information. It’s hard to tell the difference from honest sellers and scammers. Buyer beware.
Waiting on Independence review but for now can you tell me how the streaming/internet was on this ship
Be aware that some lines prohibit selling cruise related merch while on board. You are welcome to make things and give them away, but not to sell them. It becomes a fine line--how will they know if I brought a first aid item that someone on my cruise asked me to pick up for them while in port, but that is different than selling t-shirts.Botton line is to not send money in advance to ANYONE you don't know.
The FB groups I've joined always has a rule of no selling of any kind or they will be removed. I appreciate those admins!
Oh, I really hate these Facebook group scams. The t-shirt scams seem to be going through so many of these groups! Good for you for raising awareness of this - the more people that know about it, the smaller the chance is that these people will continue to get away with what they're doing...!
Absolutely! It’s so sad people are getting scammed just in excitement of planning for their cruise. Hopefully this will save at least a few more people from getting scammed 🙏🏼😅
@@JJCruise oh, I absolutely haaaate it!
I ran across what you spoke about on a FB group I joined for my cruise. The "cripple kid" scammer posted an appeal to purchase bracelets with the ship name and date of cruise, constructed by the cripple kid using only his teeth or something to that effect. I offered to pay for the kid and his mother, in full, but needed their personal information to do so. Crickets...and the post was gone within the hour. Thank you for the topic.
That was incredibly kind of you. Very sad the things people will lie about to make an extra buck.
The one I see most often that involves a kid is the one that says something like "My son with autism designed this shirt and wants to see if you like it. He's watching to see your response. You can buy it at this link".
I just started using FB groups for my cruises and haven't seen this (although I would never send strangers money for any reason). I agree, it's best to conduct any financial transactions on the ship once you know there are actual products the person is selling. What I have seen on FB groups and Cruise Critic roll calls are cruisers trying to get other cruisers to join in on a private excursion. Those may be legit but I'm just leery about going into any transaction or agreement with strangers online period no matter how sincere they seem or how good the small group tour seems.
I see this in so many of my cruise Facebook groups it’s now Stanley Cups they have to sell. The admins have not been handling this very well at least in some of these sailings
I agree. I reported it to the admin and they were still able to post multiple times on the cruise page.
Yep, shot glasses and tee shirt spam are suuuuper common. I mod and admin 3-4 large cruise groups and we are constantly chasing them away. 😞
People CAN buy those things in the ship's gift shops and even on shore if you go to one of the private cruise islands. They have lots of stuff with the ship logo.
There are a lot of posts for selling ducks. Usually someone says they had to cancel their cruise and want to sell the ducks they purchased. Most of the time it will be several different people using the same pic. So it is easy to spot. The Facebook group of my last cruise asked everyone to report if they noticed them. Eventually they stopped.
We love the independence!
We love being on Facebook pages for upcoming cruises to find out about meetups, slot pulls, and such. Scammers are everywhere. I usually stick to my own personal rule which is if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn’t. It prevents me from being scammed. On a side note, I always thought when on an island where there’s a lot of haggling happening, I wanted to wear a shirt that said “No Thank You” on the front and “Don’t bother asking” on the back to see if that would prevent haggling…I wonder if that would work?
So far I’ve only seen items that some people made and want to give away for free. Thanks for this info, though. People!
I hope some day I will see you on a cruise.
I admin cruise groups, no selling is allowed ever. Also, I check all Facebook profiles before allowing people to join. Most of these scammers have fake FB profiles and often they are locked.
Cruise lines do not allow anyone to sell any of their product related items for personal profit. Never fall for it. Buy your stuff in the gift shop only. Buyer beware.
What are you hearing about the Villa Vie cruise you talked about in one of your earlier videos?
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@@JJCruiseDo you think it’s legit and do you think it will leave Southampton on schedule?
I am part of the cruising ducks page. Several times I have seen posts about someone having 100 ducks but can no longer go on their cruise and are selling them for $15. I msg one and said I was interested. She then said to send $ via an app I wasn’t familiar with, not PayPal. She asked where to ship and I told her my city and it would be an extra $10 to ship. I asked where she was located and it was a small town not far from me. I said I could pick up and pay cash. That’s when the run around started. Wanted $ up front. Excuses why couldn’t meet in person. I thankfully clued in and let the ducks float away. Since then, I see these posts all the time and warn others
As admin of my cruise group. I look at their sailings. If they have more than 5 and some are on the same date I decline the invite.
I am one of those people who actually plans a tee or bracelet or something, but ask that I receive cash first night of cruise. It doesn't really work well because there's always Mr Need-A-Discount and the group of 12 that never shows to pickup their package.
I was the admin for our cruise a couple of weeks ago, I finally had to change to post approval because of the scammers
On our recent Carnival cruise, the admin was selling “coins” for our cruise at $30. We didn’t call her out because she was distributing them on the ship. They were pretty, but… I purchase challenge coins that are the same thing (traded by law enforcement) and the most they cost is $8-10 depending on quantity. She didn’t sell all of what she bought,and I figure people can decide what they value as cruise memorabilia.
I just ordered a tshirt for my next cruise from my group. I hope it shows up!!
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Never had a problem pre lock down.
Pre-pandemic we saw this way less (not really not at all).
Thanks for the warning. Like you mentioned, my golden rule is NEVER send someone cash, use a cash equivalent transfer service or bank transfer to pay someone. I ONLY pay via credit card or PayPal, where I can claim the money back when there is fraud involved. I still use common sense, but it means I don't have to investigate each thing I might want to buy online, because I know I'm protected anyway. Plus, when you only buy via sites/people that accept credit card/paypal, you already cut out about 90% of fraudsters, because they prefer to be paid in ways that's not traceable.
Yep. Got scammed on my virgin cruise Facebook page
I’m an admin for a couple of sailings for my cruises. Sometimes it’s hard to screen for members even when they answer membership questions. But I always keep my eye out and immediately ban members who make those posts. I’m considering posting this video in my groups so my members will know what to expect when I’m not on social media.
Pre-approved posts. That way you can get ahead of scammers. Once a scam post comes in I immediately block the the member.
I saw that shot glass FB ad and sure enough, it's a scam. They wanted payment prior and I said no....I would only pay onboard. That ended the conversation.
That post was on our Celebrity Beyond 5/18 sailing. I just posted a warning on FB page.
I saw that shot glass post in my cruise group for Icon of the Seas , April 20th. Someone called her out and she was blocked. I was like, who needs a shot glass anyway, especially when they’ve purchased the drink package???
That’s a great point 🤣!
It’s so sad. On my first transatlantic a lovely lady showed her quilted door hanger than she adds to each cruise. I commented that my late mum would have totally been all over making the same sort of thing. She asked me my mums name and fav colour and actually made me one!!!! She put it on our door on embarkation which was so sweet. I hate that people have taken advantage of the good nature of others. On the same cruise an awesome single traveler made wrist bands to commemorate the trip and put up posts about where to find him to give the bracelets to people- he must of met the whole sailing!!!
Cash only, and pay only when you get the item. That applies everywhere that I do not trust 100%
We agree!
Yep, never pay in advance. The seller understands they - as the seller - have to take the chance that someone won't show. Likely they'll be able to sell it anyway while onboard.
Every single FB group I have joined for my cruises I have seen the scams of "selling" merch for that cruise. I always report to the group Admins (or ban myself when I'm the Admin). And, for those that I'm not the Admin, I reply with "SCAM" so others know. They just SUCK! BTW, it is illegal to use the NCL logo on any merch without their expressed consent.
I keep seeing cheap cruises for seniors. Unsold cabins for cheap. Meanwhile I’m hearing about oversold ships. I don’t know if any of the cruise sites are real?
Saw one of these just yesterday in the FB group for our upcoming Celebrity Beyond cruise! Looks like someone reported it because she’s gone now 😅
Biggest scam was sitting in Celebrity Edge Luminae and being solicited by a staff member to buy a wine bottle opener.
I get to teach art on ship. People do like to buy my art to be delivered to cruise sometimes. Ship do not like cash exchanged on the ship. So this is a sad deal for us that do make cute custom keepsakes legit. :(
On our Sky Princess FB group we kept getting ads and fake testimonials for a excursion company promoting their tours. The problem was this company WAS the admin for the group as they had started the group. So who would I complain to?
I’ve seen these post in my upcoming cruise group and the exact same post in an old cruise group that I’m still in I normally grab a couple shot glasses from around the US and give them out when people come have a drink with me and my crew, I see people are even kinda worried about my post even tho I’m giving the away for free
I’ve seen the T-shirt scam many times on Celebrity Facebook cruise groups. The admins usually catch them but I do report them right away. Also beware of the scam that sells you a memory of your cruise when it’s over. I’ve seen slick videos and other stuff.
Well reported!
Thanks!
If it’s too good to be true it usually is
There was one on are Facebook group so I heard this is why I didn’t buy anything that I didn’t see in hand really sad
If you're going to sell something like that you should get a headcount of who is interested and then bring it on board to sell for cash in hand. There are crafters I would love to support since I never have time to make anything like that for myself.
This is so annoying, we have a small tour company based in Malaga, Spain. We love taking cruise customers on personal tours of our amazing city. Totally legit and a great value tour. Its impossible to get into the cruise market made even more difficult by everyone thinking everything is a scam.
How does one find the Facebook groups for a particular cruise?
Don't forget about the real scam on the ships -- the InBody thing in the fitness center where they try to sell you on detox pills and a workout program for thousands of dollars.
Biggest scam on a cruise ship that I experience are the slot machines in the casino! 😆
Facebook, never had it never will.
I didn’t even realize people were still on Facebook tbh. 🤷🏽♀️
How is it possible the cruise operators allow passengers to bring merchandise on the ship to sell to other cruisers? Even though that may have happened in the past, it seems most likely the cruise line doesn’t know it’s happening. Would be a copyright infringement if any official logos were used.
I'm an admin of a cruise fb group. The other scam is the xbox they are giving away because their child dird. They ask for shipping money. Had one of those last week.